Date: 6/11/2026 13:03:01
From: Cymek
ID: 2445974
Subject: re: Australian politics - November 2026

dv said:


SCIENCE said:

dv said:

Curb weight for the full spec RAM 1500 is maybe twice the weight of an ordinary sedan, so the damage will be roughly 16 times.

Of course some of these are actually being used to move heavy goods. But most of them are being used to move a small number of people, often precisely 1, a task that can be done admirably by a mid-sized sedan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

call us late to the party but we swear we honestly thought that to move a small number of people, often precisely 1, was a task that could be done admirably by a pushbike

or for distances more than a few kilometres, an ebike

or a train or a plane or a unicycle but that’s not the comparison that Rev was talking about.

Something I noticed in Perth city near where I work is using pavers on the road instead of bitumen.
Large numbers are cracked because of the buses and I also assume the heavy armoured court transport vehicles
It’s a strange choice unless its because they could be ripped out easier

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